Flash floods appeared all over Parkes on Saturday when the town was inundated in the morning. Clarinda street in the CBD turned in to a raging torrent even taking dust bins with it, and several businesses had to be sandbagged with employees stuck inside.
The Bureau of Meteorology reported that 55.2mm were recorded at the airport on Saturday and a further 43mm on Sunday. Only two weeks earlier, the wettest day this year so far was recorded on 17th November when 55.6mm fell, although many people measured about 100mm with that deluge.